Get to know Adalbert better with 10+ real example sentences.
Using Adalbert
- In the example corpus, adalbert often appears in combinations such as: adalbert of, st adalbert, of adalbert.
Context around Adalbert
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Adalbert
- In this selection, "adalbert" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bishop, spokesperson, brothers, jahnz, posluszny and church stand out and add context to how "adalbert" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adalbert church has and adalbert had five. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "adalbert" sits close to words such as aar, abdulla and abimbola, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with adalbert
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Adalbert unsuccessfully attempted to protect a noblewoman caught in adultery. (10 words)
Adalbert was no longer welcome and eventually forced into exile. (10 words)
During the struggle four or five of Adalbert's brothers were killed. (12 words)
While visiting St. Casimir's Parish in Kenosha, I declared that Bishop Koudelka would have to "walk over my corpse" to enter St. Adalbert's Church for Mass. I was forced to apologize for this remark and sign a written allegiance to the church. (44 words)
Since the times of Adalbert Atto the power of the Canossa family had been based on a network of castles, fortresses and fortified villages in the Val d'Enza, forming a complex polygonal defense that had always resisted all attack from the Apennines. (43 words)
Posluszny was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Alice, the love of his life for 51 years; sisters, Genevieve Pantera, Estelle Ulatowski, and Helen Kensy; brothers Adalbert Posluszny and Henry Posluszny; and two infant siblings. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Evidently St. Adalbert of Magdeburg transmitted something of his wisdom, zeal, and own mission to his student, the younger St. Adalbert (of Prague).
Member states can allow unmarried partners in documented relationships to enter the EU if they choose to do so, but few are, said Commission spokesperson Adalbert Jahnz.
Posluszny was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Alice, the love of his life for 51 years; sisters, Genevieve Pantera, Estelle Ulatowski, and Helen Kensy; brothers Adalbert Posluszny and Henry Posluszny; and two infant siblings.
Adalbert Church has been an anchor for the community for nearly 100 years.
While visiting St. Casimir's Parish in Kenosha, I declared that Bishop Koudelka would have to "walk over my corpse" to enter St. Adalbert's Church for Mass. I was forced to apologize for this remark and sign a written allegiance to the church.
Adalbert had five natural brothers: Soběslav (Slavnik's heir; died 1004), Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej, and Čáslav, and a half-brother named Radim of his father's liaison with another woman.
Adalbert opposed the participation of Christians in the slave trade and complained of polygamy and idolatry, which were common among the people.
Adalbert unsuccessfully attempted to protect a noblewoman caught in adultery.
Adalbert was no longer welcome and eventually forced into exile.
After this, Adalbert could not safely stay in Bohemia and escaped from Prague.
A ten-meter cross was erected near the village of Beregovoe (formerly Tenkitten), Kaliningrad Oblast where St. Adalbert is thought to have been martyred by the Prussians.
Canduci, pg. 227 Otto III also carried back parts of the body of Bishop Adalbert of Prague, which he placed in a splendid new church he had built on the Tiber Island in Rome.
During the struggle four or five of Adalbert's brothers were killed.
From the 11th century they rested at the church of Saint Adalbert, now Saint Bartholomew, on the island in the Tiber in Rome.
In 1928, one of the arms of St. Adalbert, which Bolesław I had given to Holy Roman Emperor Otto III in 1000, was added to the bones preserved in Gniezno.
In upholding the right of sanctuary, Bishop Adalbert responded by excommunicating the murderers.
Mann, pg. 113; DeCormenin, pg. 281 Sergius accepted, and with the armed backing of Adalbert II, he entered Rome, by which stage Christopher had already been cast into prison by Theophylact.
Notably, the Přemyslid rulers of Bohemia initially refused to ransom St. Adalbert's body from the Prussians who murdered him, and therefore it was purchased by Poles.
Otto III and Bolesław I worked together to canonize Adalbert, making him the first Slavic bishop to become a saint.
Since the times of Adalbert Atto the power of the Canossa family had been based on a network of castles, fortresses and fortified villages in the Val d'Enza, forming a complex polygonal defense that had always resisted all attack from the Apennines.
Common combinations with adalbert
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- adalbert of 6×
- st adalbert 4×
- of adalbert 3×
- bishop adalbert 2×